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Salkind, F. Jane; And Others – 1987
Registered nurses, interns, and residents from five hospitals in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey were administered the Maslach Human Services Survey, Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale, Rotter's Locus of Control Scale, Newman's Alpha Omega Scale, and a demographic questionnaire. Results strongly suggested that an individual with high self-esteem and…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Burnout, Coping, Death
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Fry, P. S. – Gerontologist, 2001
This study examined the relationship between widowed persons' baseline assessments of self-efficacy beliefs and their ratings of perceived health-related quality of life, life sanctions, and self-esteem obtained in an 18-month follow-up. Results revealed widows and widowers differ significantly with respect to self-efficacy and perceived quality…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Bereavement, Coping, Emotional Adjustment
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Cantor, Joanne; Hoffner, Cynthia – Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1990
Describes a study that was designed to examine the emotional consequences of providing information about the likelihood of a frightening media event to children in kindergarten through third grade. Facial and physiological indicators of fear were measured, and implications for understanding media-induced fear and for selecting effective coping…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Analysis of Variance, Coping, Correlation